Clinical malaria along the China-Myanmar border, Yunnan Province, China, January 2011-August 2012

Passive surveillance for malaria cases was conducted in Yunnan Province, China, along the China-Myanmar border. Infection with Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum protozoa accounted for 69% and 28% of the cases, respectively. Most patients were adult men. Cross-border travel into Myanmar was a key ri...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 675 - 684
Main Authors Zhou, Guofa, Sun, Ling, Xia, Rongji, Duan, Yizhong, Xu, Jianwei, Yang, Henglin, Wang, Ying, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Xiang, Zheng, Yan, Guiyun, Cui, Liwang, Yang, Zhaoqing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
age distribution
California
China
China - epidemiology
clinical malaria
cross-border travel
Dispatch
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Malaria
Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology
Malaria, Vivax - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myanmar
Myanmar - epidemiology
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification
Plasmodium vivax
sex distribution
Travel
Young Adult
Myanmar
China
California
Myanmar
cross-border travel
clinical malaria
sex distribution
malaria
Yunnan Province
protozoa
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
parasite
age distribution
vector-borne infections
China
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Summary:Passive surveillance for malaria cases was conducted in Yunnan Province, China, along the China-Myanmar border. Infection with Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum protozoa accounted for 69% and 28% of the cases, respectively. Most patients were adult men. Cross-border travel into Myanmar was a key risk factor for P. falciparum malaria in China.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2004.130647